Month: May 2021

OYAP Coordinator Mark Brotherston & coworker stand at their booth at Build a Dream London inside the Agriplex.

Mark Brotherston is an Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) Coordinator for the Thames Valley District School Board. Mark shares his journey in the trades and how his career as an […]

A chef dishing up food into plates.

Noan Agtarap is a Chef with over 11 years of experience. For Noan, becoming a chef was about following her passions: “I was just super passionate about food.” Today, Noan […]

Samridhi Sharma, Automotive Service Tech and Truck & Coach apprentice

Samridhi Sharma always knew that she wanted to do something hands-on and wanted to have a unique career: “I didn’t want to blend in with the crowd.”  In her second […]

Robert Cattle, Executive Director, CTMA, works on a machine at MicroMetric

Robert Cattle, Executive Director, Canadian Tooling & Machining Association (CTMA) shares his apprenticeship journey with us and look where it took him! Build a Dream: Why did you choose a […]

Rebecca Chenier holding a drill outside of her machine at Centreline

Rebecca Chenier wanted a new start and she found a program that transformed her life. As a single mom with 3 children, finding a financially stable job wasn’t easy. Rebecca […]

Milwaukee Tool Framing Hammer

Nearly a year in the making, Build a Dream, in partnership with WFS Ltd. and Milwaukee Tool, are excited to launch #HerPower Tools, a program designed to encourage young women to pursue […]